There are 3 main types of patents:
- Utility: for the new and useful process, machine, manufacture, the composition of matter or any new and useful improvement thereof.
- Design: appearance of an item is protected. Patent must be an original design for a manufactured item.
- Plant: for invented or discovered and asexually reproduced distinct and new variety of plant, including cultivated sports, mutants, hybrids, newly found seedlings, and living organisms.
